Nutritional adaptations to parasitism within the platyhelminthes

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 693-704

  Halton, David W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorption; Cestodes; Digenean trematodes; Digestion; Haematophagy; Metabolism; Monogeneans; Nutrition; Platyhelminthes; Skin feeding; Tegument

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; CESTODE; DIFFUSION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PARASITISM; PLATYHELMINTH; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA; TREMATODE;

CESTODA; MONOGENEA; MONOPISTHOCOTYLEA; PLATYHELMINTHES; POLYOPISTHOCOTYLEA; SCHISTOSOMA; TREMATODA; TURBELLARIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030746305     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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